kittenmmm's blog post - Here, There and Where now?

I'm funny. I can give some damn good advice but I'm so bad at applying it to myself. I just pm'd someone telling them to grab life with both hands...do what makes you happy...you're moving forward so well. Yet, here I sit wasting time, procrastinating, when I have a list and a half of things to do and the weather is actually good enough to get some of them done.

I was outside earlier today pulling fencing. Wolf came over and I started explaining my "plans". I want to do this with this here building...move the fencing this way...yada yada. We went over it together because part of his conditions of moving here were to help with the farm work. We realized that what we really need to do is draw up some plans for what needs to get done and then take each project one by one...a slow and steady progression. Also a "living document" meaning that it is open to change as we go along.

I did get some things done but next you know, as we're walking about the property, the lady down the street comes by with her dog. My LGD was chained but broke her collar and immediately bolted down the street to eat her dog. For some reason she (the lgd) hates that dog. Needless to say that didn't go well. So now, after getting Cassie in the house, I'm on the net looking for a heavy duty leather collar because no one seems to carry them anymore....it's all nylon and plastic now. Plastic with Cassie is like a toy...she breaks them in a day. I can't tell you how many collars I've gone through. The same collars the goats wear for years, she destroys in a day.

She's a big dog and she's strong and she's bred to protect her property. As far as she's concerned the street is her property too. Woe to the dog that crosses by if she snaps her collar. Now this woman insists on walking by here regardless of the fact that she's already had one encounter with Cassie off her chain but that's neither here nor there. I don't let Cassie off to run loose although from her reaction you would think I did. Personally I wouldn't walk by here ... I don't walk my dogs where I know there are difficult dogs out (because most people around here don't bother to tie up their dogs despite the leash law)...but, if I did I would carry mace or pepper spray.

So anyway...here I am .. back on the net instead of pulling fencing. I could be back out by now but now I'm procrastinating and have no desire to continue with that physical labor. So where to now? I'm thinking I might be able to convince myself to draw up some plans of the property and start listing out projects. I could hypothetically convince myself to go out and work again. uhuh... I'm thinking the plans are more likely. Either way I have to get off my butt and get something done. Hmmm,,,,maybe I should learn to take my own advice huh?

wandering kitt